An interesting story in the Toronto Star about how Canadian border guards suspect the new Nexus fast-track ID card is a conduit for smuggling:  •  The cards, along with so-called Fast cards used by truckers, are issued by both American and Canadian authorities to travellers who are deemed low-risk …

It has been crazy. Fall's first month has seen me in the car for about 5500 km, been in the States as well as at three conferences, the last of which finishes today. I think I can sustain having my brain blown by possibilities only so many times in a 30 day span. Good gatherings are quite amazing …

Oh, to be not driving. The last two two weekends worth of driving could have seem me somewhere deep in Central America had I aimed in a different direction. Don't get me wrong - I like a long drive. But I like not doing it was well. What did I learn? PEI is a long way away but most places aren't …

It was an interesting thing to do, drive 3400 km to see some old friends and meet other people I have only known through blogs and other web media. Not nearly as creepy as it should have been. Except the location. A bit too Ibsen for me. A bit too howl-yowly wind rattling the window pane. I asked …

Now you know - the damn thing actually does reverse. That was at about km 4187 of the tour. Click for glorious detail.

Just thinking...but investigating this one web page's worth of information would sure make for a quality week off.

...or is it heli-cicle? I spotted this between Lowville and Watertown on Sunday, a snazzy frontlawn ornament indicating that jetcicles, cop-cicles and even putting your very own truck on a concrete or metal stick is well within the hopes and budget of all average folk anywhere.  •  And thank you …

I feel badly for Hans. I even drove near Heuvleton, NY on the way here so the whole family could wave at the ancestral home of Hans. But I have to get to the South Portland library to post this week, it was closed yesterday and, frankly, there is sea life to consume instead of blogging. Notes so …

I like Maine. You know I like Maine. Google knows I like Maine for God's sake. This year we are renting an urban cottage and looking forward to it. I have no idea as to the internet access so we will see how you cope.  •  Your weekly PEI is outraged over something update: Now the government is …